Console.
Synonyms:
comfort, condole with, encourage, sympathize with.
One condoles with another by the expression of kindly sympathy in his trouble; he consoles him by considerations adapted to soothe and sustain the spirit, as by the assurances and promises of the gospel; he encourages him by the hope of some relief or deliverance; he comforts him by whatever act or word tends to bring mind or body to a state of rest and cheer. We sympathize with others, not only in sorrow, but in joy. Compare ALLEVIATE; PITY.
Antonyms:
annoy, distress, disturb, grieve, hurt, sadden, trouble, wound.